Chair and Lobbyist Resources
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Bill Resources
Locate your bill and analysis below. Many bills have additional resources or even sample testimonies. Lobbyists can feel free to use all, part, or none of the sample testimony in their presentation.
Adams Committee
HB 5019 Body Cameras - Sponsored by Adams Blue
SUPPORTING POSITION: You want to require Michigan law enforcement officers to wear and use a body camera when on duty, in uniform, and carrying a taser or weapon to provide for greater accountability and safety for both public and within law enforcement.
OPPOSING POSITION: You do NOT want to require Michigan law enforcement officers to wear and use a body camera when on duty and carrying a taser or weapon, due to concerns of privacy and the dangers of a blanket policy for all local law enforcement agencies.
Bill and Analysis – HB 5019 Body Cameras
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
HB 5751 Safe Haven Devices- Sponsored by Adams Green
SUPPORTING POSITION: You want TO ALLOW Newborn Safety Devices (NSDs) to be installed and used at emergency service provider locations in order to ensure the safety of newborns who are being legally abandoned by parents who are unwilling to engage in face-to-face interaction while legally abandoning their child.
OPPOSING POSITION: You OPPOSE this bill. It does not address who will be held liable happens to a baby placed in an NSD as well as requiring standards for NSD to be outlined by the Michigan department of Health after the bill passes, rather than including those standards in the bill itself. This means that no one will know what those standards are until after this bill is signed into law.
Bill and Analysis – HB 5751 Safe Haven Device
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
Jefferson Committee
HB 4006 Cell Phones in Emergencies - Sponsored by Jefferson Blue
SUPPORTING POSITION: Wireless providers should be REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE the location information on a wireless device to a law enforcement officer in emergency conditions.
OPPOSING POSITION: Wireless providers should have the FREEDOM TO DECIDE whether to release location information on a cell phone to a law enforcement officer in an emergency.
Bill and Analysis – HB 4006 Cell Phones in Emergencies
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
HB 4162 Prohibit Bullying - Sponsored by Jefferson Blue
SUPPORTING POSITION: You want schools to be REQUIRED TO CREATE A POLICY formally prohibiting bullying with procedures and punishments.
OPPOSING POSITION: You want schools to have the FREEDOM TO DECIDE procedure and policy for bullying on a case by case basis.
Bill and Analysis – HB 4162 Prohibit Bullying
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
Madison Committee
HB 6183 Lower the Voting Age - Sponsored by Madison Blue
SUPPORTING POSITION: Lower the voting age to 16.
OPPOSING POSITION: Keep the voting age at 18
Bill and Analysis – HB 6183 Lower Voting Age
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
HB 4071 Abuse of a Vulnerable Child - Sponsored by Madison Green
SUPPORTING POSITION: You want to create a legal definition for vulnerable children (i.e., a child with disabilities) and INCREASE PENALTIES for abusing a vulnerable child.
OPPOSING POSITION: You want to MAINTAIN THE PENALTIES FOR CHILD ABUSE.
Bill and Analysis – HB 4071 Abuse of a Vulnerable Child
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
- Support and Opposition – Bill Summary
- Explanatory Article
- Supporting Arguments – Testimony
- Supporting Arguments – Testimony 2
Washington Committee
SB 991 Right to Try- Sponsored by Washington Blue
SUPPORTING POSITION: ALLOW TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS THE RIGHT TO TRY EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS whose effectiveness, safety, or danger is still unknown.
OPPOSING POSITION: DENY TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS THE RIGHT TO TRY EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS whose effectiveness, safety, and danger is still unknown.
Bill and Analysis – SB 991 Right to Try
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
SB 98 Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation- Sponsored by Washington Green
SUPPORTING POSITION: Individuals who have spent time in prison for a crime they did not commit SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATED.
OPPOSING POSITION: THE STATUS QUO SHOULD BE PRESERVED allowing wrongfully imprisoned individuals to sue state for compensation.
Bill and Analysis – SB 98 Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation
Chair Instructions
Lobbyist Instructions
Additional Resources – Use these resources to help craft your presentation
- Supporting Arguments – Testimony
- Supporting Arguments – Testimony 2
- Supporting Arguments – Article
- Supporting Arguments – Statistics
- Opposing Arguments – Testimony
- Opposing Arguments – Testimony 2
Event Information
Greater Lansing Legislative Onsite – Thursday, March 29, 2024
VIP Assignments (Click here)
8:15am- VIP Orientation
8:35am- Introduction to Students
8:45am – Committee Meetings Start
10:00am- Committee Meetings end
Location
Plymouth Christian Academy
43065 Joy Rd,
Canton, MI, 48187
Event Information
Lansing Christian School Onsite – Thursday, November 14, 2024
VIP Assignments (Click here)
8:15am- VIP Orientation
8:35am- Introduction to Students
8:45am – Committee Meetings Start
10:00am- Committee Meetings end
Location
Plymouth Christian Academy
43065 Joy Rd,
Canton, MI, 48187
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